ASeven wrote on Jan 4, 2013, 10:27:You reap what you sow and these guys sure are reaping a plentiful harvest of nastiness.

Pretty much. I can't say I feel pity for them, after everything that happened.

Just because Sergey is a dick, doesn't mean that players who paid for software and have a right to play it should be prevented from doing so. This attack is just wrong on so many levels. If a man wrongs you, you don't kick his children.

If these children dont listen and have to touch the hotplate to learn, then so be it.Why should I care what some kids feel about a game that was obviously a scam from day one, and who only spend their parents money anyway?

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Muscular Beaver wrote on Jan 4, 2013, 09:17:(managed to level 3 chars to 80 before burning out). But its over too quickly

I'm going to hazard a guess that leveling 3 classes to 80 took you around 200-240 hours? Does that really deserve the "it's over too quickly" label?

creston

I havent counted the hours, but for a MMO it was pretty short. Want me to tell you my time invested in EQ, EQ2, UO or WoW?

In all those, you paid a monthly fee. That'll drive you to play them longer because you feel (maybe even subconsciously) that you have to get your money's worth.

You paid 60 bucks for GW2 and got 240 hours out of it. That's pretty damn good the average game nowadays, I'd say.

(Plus, of course, if you want to go back a year from now, you just download the updates and voila presto, you're back in the game.)

Creston

Nah, I always had a 1 month subscription and I often had breaks in between. I only played when I had fun, and that was more easy in those games since there was always something to accomplish. In WoW there was always PvP (main reason I played it anyway), in EQ there was always AAs and levels to do, etc.GW2 felt like I hit a wall at 80. With every single char. Then I started a new one because I wanted to keep playing, because over all, this game is more mature than WoW. But the I noticed I actually need a little bit of a grind for character improvement because otherwise I dont see a reason to go on. In WoW for example I always played for better equipment, even in PvP. In EQ for better equipment and levels, but in GW2 there was nothing you could achieve that actually helps your char. Maybe replace a yellow with an orange item, but that didnt do much of a difference anyway. When I found out that legendaries are just fashion items, I thought I was being trolled, because I simply couldnt believe that there is NOTHING to do (not that I would have kept playing only for a legendary that takes months and months to get)!

Im not going to start doing jumping puzzles or achievements, because I never did that in any MMO. I find those pointless. But the endgame of GW2 is ONLY THAT.I mean the dragon events were a nice touch the first 20 times, but then got boring too, after I got proper equipment from the TP. The dungeons dont offer anything either at endgame, so I didnt even run every one of them.

As I said, the quests when leveling were really great, the story was nice too. The whole world feels so much more alive than any MMO I ever played (even more alive than some single player RPGs *cough*bethesda*cough*), but when theres nothing to do at 80, then theres nothing to do!

I actually tried really hard to keep playing this game. I even tried the frustrating sPvP for a long time, but as I said, for me it was only dumb team deathmatch, because everything is so small and capping works so fast and a stupid team is more frustrating than anywhere, because you cant even get your own little accomplishments, since there will always be someone who jumps in, if youre doing a 1 vs 1.

WvWvW was kinda nice, if you were lucky to find your team and didnt get picked off on the way to them and you didnt die for 2+ hours after that. But there was no goal to that either. I want to win something, I want to improve.If I just want to play for competition sake, I will play a (tactical) shooter, just because of the much better responsiveness of the controls alone.

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Yeah, regrettably no proper endgame.The dungeons are boring, its annoying just to grind for fashion only items and PvP is either too frustrating (extremely long travel times in WvW(vW)) or simply too much of a dumb teamdeathmatch due to the small size of the maps (PvP). And even in PvP you dont have anything to work for. There simply is no better gear. And the gameplay isnt anywhere good enough to keep me playing alone.

I found leveling-PvE quite enjoyable. Some classes were really challenging leveling to 80 and a lot of fun (managed to level 3 chars to 80 before burning out). But its over too quickly and the zones become boring fast, not only because there are so few, but also because their themes are extremely similar to each other. Oh and I just hate killing Risen... not that those crab thingies were less annoying on that pirate isle...

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Fion wrote on Jan 1, 2013, 15:52:Somewhat off subject, WTF is up with the train wreck that is Mass Effect 3 winning all these GotY titles? There were so many amazing games that completely overshadowed ME3.

It is PC Gamer after all. The same guys who gave a review in the high 90s to DA2. Take a look around their offices for big brown envelopes from Bioware.

Its rarely about money. Its about getting games early, so they can test them earlier (than others). If they would give bad ratings, they wouldnt get them anymore "in time".Thats how most gaming sites work nowadays. Nobody wants to wait for the release date to start testing a game, because that would mean massive losses.

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Not impressed. Looks like a generic console game. The models are horrible, the scenery looks extremely limited, the textures look laughable and the animations look like they are from 2004.Sick of console ports.Just watched an older gameplay video from August. What a joke... "Alien kill +$100", "Achievement unlocked!", "Challenge complete!", "DOUBLE KILL!".W T F ???

This comment was edited on Dec 28, 2012, 21:31.

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Armengar wrote on Dec 14, 2012, 03:48:The greek are notoriously finicky about their military installations (god knows why in the age of google earth). Even plane spotters get rustled for taking pictures of planes (that are documented already on wikipedia)

Because they are at a "cold war" with Turkey, prolly.

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Muscular Beaver wrote on Dec 4, 2012, 17:43:Anyone tried it yet what that means exactly? More or less power usage?

Basically, it means the power handling and clocking of the card is handled closer to what the old "Prefer Maximum Performance" power-state setting that the control panel offered. It does increase power usage slightly but not significantly from what I've found, and it helps with stuttering and some other issues that the power-save feature caused in certain games.

Does that also mean they removed the god damn turbo crap?

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Release 310 drivers introduce power-optimizing enhancements. As a result of these enhancements, you may notice that GPU core clock speeds are different with this driver. For example, the GPU core clock might be faster when the GPU is in idle mode than in previous drivers. Or you may notice higher GPU core clock speeds after closing or opening certain games than in previous drivers.This is because the reported GPU core clock frequency is no longer correlated to GPU power-saving states. Instead of lowering the GPU core clock frequency, the hardware and software use other methods to put the GPU into a low power state when the GPU is idle or in response to changing application requirements. This ensures optimum power use while continuing to provide high graphics performance.

Anyone tried it yet what that means exactly? More or less power usage?

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LittleMe wrote on Dec 3, 2012, 10:45:I consider this a mistake on their part since I'm guessing that DX10 hardware will play it, but the DirectX 11 software needs to be installed. The low-end cards listed indeed are DX10 cards.

The low-end cards on their list are DX11 cards; there are not any DX10 cards on that list.